News Corp. reported quarterly revenue of $5.7 billion, up 10 percent from a year ago. Its operating income in the first quarter was $909 million, a 19 percent jump from the $766 million in last year’s first quarter.

Net income for the quarter, before a $1 billion accounting charge to write down the value of its television stations’ licenses, was $580 million, or 18 cents per share. This compares with expectations of 16 cents per share, according to analysts polled by Reuters Estimates.

After the writedown the net loss was $433 million, or 14 cents a share.

“Our first quarter results reflect yet again the fiscal and operational momentum we have enjoyed for quite some time,” said News Corp Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. “Indeed, this was our 15th consecutive quarter reporting year-on-year operating income and revenue growth, and we delivered strong gains across nearly all our operating segments.”

News Corp., which owns the Fox broadcast network, the 20th Century Fox movie studio, several newspapers in Australia and the U.K. and the Fox News cable network, is also the parent company of The Post.

Fox News Channel reported operating income growth of 64 percent as higher advertising sales more than offset the extra costs from covering Hurricane Katrina. Viewership was up 31 percent in primetime, despite coverage of the political conventions in the year ago quarter.

The Filmed Entertainment segment saw operating income rise $77 million to $368 million, helped by strong DVD sales of movies such as “Robots” and “Hide and Seek.”

In its newspaper businesses, operating income rose $7 million to $125 million.